Memoirs of Thursday in Paris

• Seeing the Bourse, where the stock market is.
• Going to the Opera Garnier, which was finished being built in 1875. Still mostly original with red and gold décor in the hall, it also has a huge recital hall that is decorated extremely ornately in the Baroque style. There is a library there and little 3D displays of opera scenes. With the lake underneath, it was definitely the inspiration for the underground world of the phantom in the Phantom of the Opera.
• Walking around the Notre Dame cathedral – they started building it in 1163 and finished in 1330, it’s right on the Seine river, and it’s pretty amazing.
• Seeing the whole collection at the Musee d’Orsay, including the painting we used in the Femme 415 ad, the Orchestra of the Opera by Degas with the bassoonist front and center (as he should be), all the things by Monet, Manet, Degas, Ceszan, etc…
• Learning what “Pepsi Max” is (= diet Pepsi or Pepsi One).
• Having the best meal of the trip (in my opinion) at the Le Saint Germaine Brasserie and getting some free wifi for a few hours.